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“The country may now indeed be ready for another Bush”

BRIT HUME: This is absolutely what I would have expected from Barbara Bush. She suffered terribly when the slings and arrows were being aimed first at her husband, then at her son, and then to whatever extent it was to her other son who was — and I think she’s fed up and had long had enough of her men being on the firing line. But I think in terms of the public’s estimation, that cycles are accelerated these days, and the country may now indeed be ready for another Bush. And if you think about Jeb Bush, he doesn’t particularly look like either of his — either his father or his brother. He’s a different breed of cat outwardly at least. He has some of the same qualities, traditional views and gentlemanliness and so on. I think if he decides that he wants to run, he will be a formidable candidate. (Fox News Sunday, April 28, 2013)

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Despise Obama, but I didn’t like Bush all that well either. I will NOT vote another Bush into the WH, unless by some miracle he gets the nomination, then, like happened with voting for Romney, I will have to hold my nose while I do it.

No way does another Bush have a chance against Shillary anyhow. The media will flay him alive, murder him, and have a Bush wienie roast.

I don’t really know much about Jeb besides his pro-amnesty posture, which frankly doesn’t really separate him from the pack. I won’t write him off because the left trashed his brother. I may still write him off – I will definitely write him off if Cruz runs, but I at least want to know more about him.

We’ve tried two Bushes and they’ve both squandered 90% approval ratings and left the GOP in shambles so how about no. Jeb would have to open his campaign explaining why he’s not his brother and if anyone would vote for that given the list of potential names we have in 2016 then they need to call their proctologist so they can get their head examined.

Seriously, though, in a country of 315 million or so people, can’t we maybe find some fresh talent, instead of going back to the same political dynasties, over and over and over again? I mean, with the exception of 1996, someone named George Bush was on every single Republican presidential ticket from 1980 to 2004. Think about that for a second.

And someone named “Clinton” occupied high national office (President, Senator, Secretary of State) from 1993 to 2013.

It seems that Chelsea Clinton and George P. Bush are already being groomed to be the next generation to enter the family business. And just wait a couple of years, when we can expect Michelle Obama to enter politics on her own ticket, and then when Sasha and Malia get old enough…

And don’t even get me started about the Kennedys.

As a minimal first step toward cleaning up the incestuous gene pool in Washington, can we please just declare a moratorium on anyone named Bush, Clinton, Kennedy, Gore, etc., running for or occupying high national office for at least the next 100 years? Please?